Magic The Gathering green/black deck

Black-Green Midrange with (11) Reid Duke

Eleventh-ranked player Reid Duke needs no introduction. He's a member of just one associated with top professional groups, Team Pantheon, is a Platinum player within the professional athlete's Club and contains an expert journey Top 8 and a few Grand Prix brands under his gear. This weekend he's piloting a Black-Green Midrange deck, nearly the same as (12) Sam Ebony's Great Aurora deck he piloted at Grand Prix nyc three weeks ago.

“we saw Sam's progress along with his Great Aurora deck from Grand Prix New York. I liked several things about this and I tweaked it to incorporate Sylvan Advocate and Tireless Tracker, my personal favorite cards.” Reid went on to spell out that he truly liked the ramp aspects of Sam's deck, but he did not feel the need to incorporate the fantastic Aurora or multiple copies of Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger. He did however think the ramp means like Nissa's Pilgrimage and Nissa's Renewal were needed into the deck. The deck is extremely mana-hungry and to casting high priced spells, in addition, you require mana to give up clue tokens, awaken Ruinous Path, and turn on animal lands.

Reid Duke

“My deck is a traditional midrange deck with a few tiny elements of ramp, ” describes Reid.

“Everyone loves Tireless Tracker and Sylvan Advocate. They're my favorite cards in Standard. Tireless Tracker is the greatest card benefit animal to relax and play and Sylvan Advocate is the most efficient creature in traditional. We understood that I wanted to try out these cards now and so I built the very best deck I could together.”

Reid also played Black/Green Midrange at Grand Prix New York but his number ended up being very different from exactly what he's playing today. In nyc, Reid chosen a far more controlling deck with increased copies of months Past and deep Petition. “I happened to ben't pleased with the managing periods Past deck. I wanted to play a deck which had more perspectives of assault, and the version with creatures keeps you from dropping behind early.” As well as Tireless Tracker and Sylvan recommend, Reid is playing some interesting creatures inside the build including The Gitrog Monster, Woodland Bellower, and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet.

“Woodland Bellower is my pet card. It searches for all my personal favorite creatures. It kinda feels like Broodmate Dragon given that it offers you a Sylvan recommend that is very likely to be a 4/5 by the time you cast him. It fits up really against place reduction and Reality Smasher plus it survives Languish. I Am both trying to find Sylvan Advocate or Tireless Tracker, and these creatures are good in all phases of game.”

Talking about Languish, despite Reid's deck being extremely creature-heavy, he opted to relax and play Languish inside the main deck. “Languish is challenging to try out because I want to play animals early, but it's important to own Languish main deck because you want it against Collected Company and Humans. It is the most useful card to relax and play in traditional right now. I'm only playing two copies main deck, but Dark Petition assists me personally find it when I need it.” Although Languish does occasionally kill yours creatures, Sylvan Advocate probably will endure it and Tireless Tracker has already provided you loads of worth once you cast it. Languish even offers great synergy with Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet. Although it will often perish towards very own Languish, any nontoken creature that your adversary has on the battlefield whenever Languish resolves offers a 2/2 zombie token.

“Sam didn't play Kalitas in the variation, but I favor it, ” describes Reid. “It's great against Nantuko Husk decks and Collected Company, and lifegain in a slow deck are important.”

Despite Reid's deck becoming less managing and containing more creatures, He nevertheless opted to play a decent amount of ramp including two Nissa's Pilgrimage, two Explosive Vegetation and one Nissa's Renewal. The ramp helps Sylvan Advocate get big rapidly so that it survives Languish. The ramp can also be great with months Past given that it provides you with more mana to cast the means you come back. The very last thing you prefer is have a small number of cards yet not enough time to cast them all. Although Reid is not playing numerous copies of this Dark Petition/Seasons Past combination, he's already been pleased with the one copy of months Past to find as he needs to refill his hand.